Featured Home (April 24, 2016)10795 Tipton Height Rd., Dardanelle Come see this beautiful 10-acre and 3,000-square-foot fully custom magnificent estate and all it has to offer. This home includes 14-foot high double crown tray ceilings with the latest in-can and indirect lighting. There’s $35,000 in real Arkansas stone work, 2 master suites with 10-foot ceilings, walk around closets with built-in cabinets, shoe rack, etc. There are custom granite counters throughout the ho...

Arkansas musician Joplin a music pioneerScott Joplin was an early musician who transformed much of the landscape of popular music in the early 1900s. Though many details of his short life are uncertain, his impact on early American music is undeniable. Joplin was born just after the Civil War in 1867 or 1868 possibly in East Texas, though even his place of birth is not entirely certain. His parents had been slaves. When he was young, the family moved to nearby Texarkana where his fa...

Featured Home (April 17, 2016)145 Swordfish Dr., Russellville This awesome home is located in the desirable Cove Landing. This house features a split floor plan, 2,226 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a bonus/office above the garage. Other features of this house include tall ceilings, an open floor plan and a huge walk-in closet in the master suite. The master bathroom has a shower, a separate whirlpool tub and a double vanity. The kitchen, which is open to the gre...

Featured Home (April 10, 2016)Buck Point Trail, Dover In a tight spot? Spread out in this modern, new construction, 3 bedroom and 3 bath home sitting on 6-plus acres in Pope County. Great features include a master suite with linen closet, separate tiled walk-in shower, walk-in closet for lots of clothes, whirlpool tub for relaxing nights, captivating dining room, impressive living room with fireplace and an open kitchen with tons of storage. All this for $275,000. For “Moo...

The ambitious life of Arkadelphia engineer GerigThe late nineteenth century and early twentieth century was a time of rapid construction in the United States. To build a modern nation, the country built railroads, harbors, dams, bridges, and roads. Some of these projects, from railroads in Arkansas to the Panama Canal, were built in part through the genius of one Arkansas engineer, William L. Gerig. William Lee Gerig was born in Boone County in central Missouri in 1866. His father was a Swi...

Featured Home (April 3, 2016)1300 Country Club Road, Dover This is an all-brick Floridian style home with beautiful front door that enters into a grand formal living and dining area. The home features 4 bedrooms, 3-1/2 baths, granite kitchen and open family room area with spectacular view. The attached garage has two full and one-half bay and a FEMA approved safe room. The detached garage has two full bays and a carport. Lots of concrete parking, circle drive and gated en...

Featured Home (March 20, 2016)509 South Durant, Russellville If your family is growing or you’re simply running out of room, this home in the Brookside subdivision in west Russellville may be perfect for you. It offers over 2,450 square feet, 3 bedrooms, and 21⁄2 baths and gives plenty of space for the family to spread out. This home allows any type of activity whether it be enjoying quiet time with a good book in your sun room or entertaining friends and family this sprin...

Featured Home (March 13, 2016)1289 Jimmy Lile Rd., Russellville Looking for a large custom-built home on the edge of town? This roomy 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath home offers a beautiful living room, formal dining and breakfast area, 3 walk-in closets, office and additional living area/man cave room off of guest bedroom that could serve as a second master suite. The large covered patio is perfect for grilling and relaxing at the end of the day. Come see. $224,900 #16-550 Call Randy...

Featured Home428 Hwy 7 South, Nimrod $285,000 #16-41 Price Reduction! Looking for that private mountain retreat with lots of hunting and fishing? This is it! Huge log cabin with cathedral ceiling. 4B/3B with a bonus room upstairs to accommodate all of the friends you want to bring. 14 acres bordered by National Forest, just minutes away from Lake Nimrod. Don't miss out on this one of a kind property! Call Rena’ Taylor 858-1094 or Coldwell Banker James R. F...

William Grant, noted Arkansas composer in the 1920s through the 1940sWilliam Grant Still was a noted composer of popular and classical music. Though facing a difficult childhood, the Arkansan overcame his early setbacks and found the way to let his artistic spirit soar. Still was born in May 1895 in Woodville, Mississippi, in the southwestern corner of that state. His father died shortly after he was born, leaving him and his mother penniless. She soon moved with him to Little Rock to live with her mother. Even...

Club News (Aug. 16, 2015)Pope County Retired Teachers’ Association club news The Pope County Retired Teachers’ Association (PCRT) met at 9:30 a.m. Thur. May 21 at the Brookside Retirement Residence for refreshments and social time. The business meeting began at 10 a.m. President Katherine Teeter called the meeting to order and Olin Cook gave the opening prayer. A welcome was extended to all with a special recognition of first time attendees, Lee and Elizabeth Hopkins ...

River Valley Rewind (June 17, 2015)Each week The Courier will roll back the clock to take a look at the events and people from our past. These photos are presented without alteration to photo or the caption. Reprinted from a 1961 edition of The Courier-Democrat. ALL-DISTRICT HONORS ... in junior high band competition were won by 19 Russellville bandsmen at clinic tryouts Saturday in Booneville. They are: Front row — John Sease, Johnny Luker, Dicky Niven, Luther Boudra and James...

River Valley Rewind (June 10, 2015)THE COURIER / File ERIC THE CHURCHMOUSE ... and Mr. Frog are two puppets who have something to say to children of all ages. The Rev. Billy E. Reeves, supervisor of the child evangelism division of the Assemblies of God Sunday School department, is the children’s speaker for the annual Sunday School convention of the Arkansas District Council of the Assemblies of God meeting which ends tonight at the Russellville First Assembly of God Church. R...

River Valley Rewind: May 20, 2015Editor’s note: The Courier will turn back the clock each week to take a glance at various people and events featured in the publication decades ago. This photo as been left unaltered andi s presented with its original caption from its original publication in a 1963 edition of the Daily Courier-Democrat. Majorettes at Arkansas Tech... Three sophomores and also freshmen have been named majorettes for the Arkansas Tech marching band. From left th...

Dubuque worker rescues 10 ducklings from storm drain DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A reunited family of ducks waddled away soon after a city sewer worker rescued 10 ducklings from a Dubuque storm drain. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald says (http://bit.ly/1KhPIUK ) several people called 911 to report seeing a distressed duck around 11:30 a.m. Monday just a few blocks west of the Mississippi River. A police officer sent to the scene determined that the ducklings had fallen into the drain, apparently while try...

Don't let the slobber fool you, your dog could be a brainiac LOS ANGELES (AP) — When her muscles locked and left her unable to move or speak, Wallis Brozman was glad she had a genius for a service dog. Brozman, who has a movement disorder called dystonia, had taken her golden-Labrador retriever mix, Caspin, outside for a potty break without attaching the pulling harness he wears to guide her. Suddenly, she couldn't move. "I couldn't talk or yell. I had no phone to text a message. I thought I would be st...

Getting to the core of the matter: Eat your pineapple cores!Eating fresh pineapple always reminds me of balmy vacation nights in Hawaii. And since pineapples run a few bucks a pop, buying them frequently translates into considerable savings when compared to an actual trip to Hawaii, particularly when you're carting along four girls, as I would be. Admittedly, the pineapple is a tad less exotic... Still, it's a great sweet summer treat. Pineapple gets its unmistakable sweetness from natural sugars, of c...

American Cancer Society manager German feels at home in new jobWhen Ashley German made a career change late last year, the passion she felt in her new job was almost immediate. That’s because German, who is an American Cancer Society Community Manager for a seven-county area, quickly saw the passion exhibited by volunteers in her coverage area. “The passion from volunteers has really blown me away. It seems like so many of these volunteers commit themselves to the mission so much that it is almost like th...

The race is on (Feb. 1, 2015)Editor’s note: Will Berry is one of the board of directors for the RussVegas Half Marathon and Relay. He will write a column about various topics relating to the half-marathon in the weeks leading up to the April 10-11 event. Why run? Could you imagine paying your hard earned money to endure the physical and mental challenge of training for and finishing a half-marathon, marathon or an even greater distance? There was a time when parents and t...